A 45-year old male patient has a waist circumference of 106 cm. His blood reports show a fasting plasma glucose of 120mg/dL, triglyceride levels 170 mg/dL, high-density lipid cholesterol 30 mg/dL. He is at risk of developing which of the following set of conditions?
  1. Fatty liver, hepatitis, anxiety disorder
  2. Liver cirrhosis, insomnia, cor pulmonale
  3. Cardiomyopathy, hepatitis, pancreatitis
  4. Fatty liver, gallstones and sleep apnea
Explanation
Answer- D - He is at risk of developing fatty liver, gallstones and sleep apnea. The NCEP/ATP III (National Cholesterol Education Program/Adult Treatment Panel) defines metabolic syndrome as an individual with 3 or more of the following risk factors including waist circumference equal to or greater than 102 cm in men and 88 cm in women, triglyceride levels greater than 150 mg/dL, high-density lipid cholesterol less than 40 mg/dL in men and less than 50 mg/dL in women, blood pressure greater than or equal to 130/85 mmHg and fasting plasma glucose greater than 100mg/dL. Additional conditions that have been associated with metabolic syndrome include fatty liver, polycystic ovary syndrome, gallstones and sleep apnea.
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